feat(runtime): add provider activation catalog

[ericksoa]

Summary

The accepted native-runtime activation implementation is now on main. This branch was reconciled through additive commits and has no remaining code, configuration, test, or documentation diff. The PR no longer proposes a duplicate activation contract.

Related Issue

Part of #9143.

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Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson aerickson@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela cvillela@nvidia.com

[senthilr-nv]

Review of commit b215f420fbcca2f6559d8e8d61528a52cdc70b48: this provider activation catalog is not approval-ready.

The catalog creates a supported native-runtime surface without an accepted authenticated production transport and lifecycle contract. build-sandbox-images, build-sandbox-images-arm64, reviewed-npm-audit, and the aggregate checks job fail.

Do not land this slice independently. Reconstruct the native-runtime series from current main only after product ownership, authentication, lifecycle, compatibility, security, and validation expectations are accepted.

[cv]

Issue #9143 names this PR as source material for the B4-F delivery. Commits 1b67c9e and b215f42 include test changes authored by Prekshi Vyas. The NemoClaw superseded-PR attribution policy requires the source PR to contain each source contributor DCO declaration before maintainers can preserve transferred work.

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src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.ts (1)

62-69: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the unreachable post-registry identity check.

createRuntimeProviderBundleRegistry() validates each registration key against its bundle before it returns. Therefore, Lines 64-68 cannot reject a mismatch. Keep the registry as the single validation point and use a non-null assertion for the indexed bundle.

Based on learnings, avoid extra validation around internal helper logic when there is no realistic failure mode.

Proposed simplification

   for (const declaration of declarations) {
-    const bundle = bundles[declaration.providerId];
-    if (!bundle || bundle.identity.id !== declaration.providerId) {
-      throw new RuntimeProviderActivationError(
-        `declaration '${declaration.providerId}' does not match its provider bundle`,
-      );
-    }
+    const bundle = bundles[declaration.providerId]!;
     catalog[declaration.providerId] = Object.freeze({ declaration, bundle });
   }

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.ts` around lines 62 - 69, In the
declarations loop, remove the redundant bundle existence and identity validation
before catalog assignment. Rely on createRuntimeProviderBundleRegistry() as the
sole validation point and use a non-null assertion when indexing bundles by
declaration.providerId, while preserving the existing frozen catalog entry.

Source: Learnings

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.ts`:
- Around line 62-69: In the declarations loop, remove the redundant bundle
existence and identity validation before catalog assignment. Rely on
createRuntimeProviderBundleRegistry() as the sole validation point and use a
non-null assertion when indexing bundles by declaration.providerId, while
preserving the existing frozen catalog entry.

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• src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.ts
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[senthilr-nv]

Maintainer review update — source PR remains blocked

I reviewed the complete four-file diff at latest PR commit 9b2df0903. The newest refactor reuses the registry's existing bundle validation and is behavior-preserving.

Blocking gates:

1. Issue [Epic #7744 4/6][B4-F] Add trusted native qualification workflow and activation catalog #9143 explicitly identifies feat(runtime): add provider activation catalog #8063 as preserved source material for reconstruction in the complete B4-F batch. This PR supplies only the dormant activation catalog, has no production consumer, and must not land independently. Update the PR body and documentation receipt from a passing result to blocked so they reflect that accepted scope.
2. Material activation-test work authored by Prekshi Vyas is present in the combined feat(runtime): add trusted native qualification gate #9223 candidate. Before the source PR can be superseded, Prekshi must add her own Signed-off-by: declaration to this PR body; maintainers cannot add it for her. The combined PR must then identify the transferred work and preserve her attribution.
3. Current CI is still running after the new commit, and this PR remains under Changes Requested.

Comparison result: neither #8063 nor #9223 is currently eligible to merge. #9223 is closest to the accepted complete scope, but there is no winner until its security, documentation, attribution, and CI gates pass.

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src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.test.ts (2)

59-75: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Do not recompute the production case-id matrix in the fixture.

requiredCaseIds copies requiredQualificationCaseIds from src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.ts lines 299-315, including the cpu-only service rule and the nvidia-gpu to gpu alias. Both sides then change together, so a defect in the production generator keeps every qualification test green. Import one authoritative generator, or pin an explicit expected case-id list in the test and assert the production requirement against it.

Review tests for behavioral confidence rather than implementation lock-in; flag copied production algorithms. As per path instructions.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.test.ts` around lines 59 - 75,
Replace the duplicated matrix logic in requiredCaseIds with an independent
expected case-id fixture, or import and use the authoritative
requiredQualificationCaseIds generator from production while separately
asserting the expected IDs. Ensure tests cannot pass when a defect in the
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275-504: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add negative cases for the declaration gate and the remaining bundle contracts.

The suite covers the qualification authority and the surface completeness paths well. These validation branches in src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.ts have no coverage:

• validateDeclaration lines 446-489: wrong contractVersion, malformed providerId, noncanonical agents, platforms, or journeys order, invalid topology.hostAuthority or topology.transport, and installer flags set to false.
• Line 580: a mutationAuthority.operations list that is out of canonical order.
• Line 587: a stateMutation.contractVersion that does not match RUNTIME_PROVIDER_STATE_MUTATION_CONTRACT_VERSION.
• Lines 555-564: managed-image startupProfileContractVersions or capabilityContractVersions that exclude the current contract.

The existing registration and completeBundle fixtures make each case a small override. Do you want me to draft these cases?

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.test.ts` around lines 275 - 504,
Add negative tests in activation.test.ts for validateDeclaration covering wrong
contractVersion, malformed providerId, noncanonical agents/platforms/journeys,
invalid topology hostAuthority or transport, and false installer flags. Add
bundle contract tests for out-of-order mutationAuthority.operations, mismatched
stateMutation.contractVersion, and managed-image startupProfileContractVersions
or capabilityContractVersions missing the current contract. Reuse registration
and completeBundle fixtures with minimal overrides, assert
createRuntimeProviderActivationCatalog throws the corresponding validation
errors, and preserve existing coverage.

src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/access.ts (1)

23-40: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Export the canonical activation constants and member unions.

validateDeclaration accepts only the canonical sequences held in RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_AGENTS, RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_PLATFORMS, RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ROOT_MODES, RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ACCELERATION_MODES, RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_INFERENCE_SERVICES, and RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_JOURNEYS. The access layer exports RuntimeProviderActivationDeclaration but not those constants, nor the member unions such as RuntimeProviderActivationHostAuthority and RuntimeProviderActivationTransport. A future consumer outside this directory must deep-import ./activation to build an accepted declaration. Widen the public surface now so the first consumer does not bypass the access boundary.

♻️ Proposed export additions

 export {
   composeActivatedRuntimeProviderBundles,
   createRuntimeProviderActivationCatalog,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ACCELERATION_MODES,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_AGENTS,
   RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_CONTRACT_VERSION,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ENGINE_SCOPES,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_INFERENCE_SERVICES,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_JOURNEYS,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_PLATFORMS,
+  RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ROOT_MODES,
   RuntimeProviderActivationError,
 } from "./activation";
 export type {
+  RuntimeProviderActivationAccelerationMode,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationAgent,
   RuntimeProviderActivationCatalog,
   RuntimeProviderActivationDeclaration,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationHostAuthority,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationInferenceService,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationJourney,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationPlatform,
   RuntimeProviderActivationRegistration,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationRootMode,
+  RuntimeProviderActivationTransport,
 } from "./activation";

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/access.ts` around lines 23 - 40, Expand the
access-layer exports in the runtime provider access module to re-export the
canonical activation sequences RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_AGENTS,
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_PLATFORMS, RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ROOT_MODES,
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ACCELERATION_MODES,
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_INFERENCE_SERVICES, and
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_JOURNEYS from activation, along with the member
unions such as RuntimeProviderActivationHostAuthority and
RuntimeProviderActivationTransport required to construct validated declarations
without deep-importing ./activation.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.test.ts`:
- Around line 260-267: Update the freeze assertion in the activation test to
access each catalog entry and its protectedJobs array via a non-null assertion,
so missing entries cannot satisfy the check through Object.isFrozen(undefined).
Also add an observable public-boundary assertion that attempting to mutate each
frozen array is rejected, while preserving the existing topology and identity
assertions.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/access.ts`:
- Around line 23-40: Expand the access-layer exports in the runtime provider
access module to re-export the canonical activation sequences
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_AGENTS, RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_PLATFORMS,
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ROOT_MODES,
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_ACCELERATION_MODES,
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_INFERENCE_SERVICES, and
RUNTIME_PROVIDER_ACTIVATION_JOURNEYS from activation, along with the member
unions such as RuntimeProviderActivationHostAuthority and
RuntimeProviderActivationTransport required to construct validated declarations
without deep-importing ./activation.

In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.test.ts`:
- Around line 59-75: Replace the duplicated matrix logic in requiredCaseIds with
an independent expected case-id fixture, or import and use the authoritative
requiredQualificationCaseIds generator from production while separately
asserting the expected IDs. Ensure tests cannot pass when a defect in the
production generator changes the CPU service rule or nvidia-gpu-to-gpu alias.
- Around line 275-504: Add negative tests in activation.test.ts for
validateDeclaration covering wrong contractVersion, malformed providerId,
noncanonical agents/platforms/journeys, invalid topology hostAuthority or
transport, and false installer flags. Add bundle contract tests for out-of-order
mutationAuthority.operations, mismatched stateMutation.contractVersion, and
managed-image startupProfileContractVersions or capabilityContractVersions
missing the current contract. Reuse registration and completeBundle fixtures
with minimal overrides, assert createRuntimeProviderActivationCatalog throws the
corresponding validation errors, and preserve existing coverage.

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• src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/native-qualification-authority.ts
• test/runtime-provider-source-shape.test.ts

[senthilr-nv]

Maintainer review update — source slice remains superseded by the complete B4-F candidate

I reviewed the complete six-file activation-catalog diff at latest PR commit 3655a9160, accepted issue #9143, the collector source slice in #8062, the complete candidate in #9223, security-sensitive activation authority, tests, documentation impact, CodeRabbit, and current gates. The latest test-only commit verifies frozen protected-job evidence and improves candidate/trusted-source terminology.

The PR remains blocked:

1. [Epic #7744 4/6][B4-F] Add trusted native qualification workflow and activation catalog #9143 treats feat(runtime): add provider activation catalog #8063 as source material, not an independent delivery. The accepted issue requires reconstructing the collector and activation catalog together on the accepted predecessor. Landing this catalog alone would create the dormant, unconsumed authority layer that prior reviews rejected.
2. feat(runtime): add trusted native qualification gate #9223 is the complete candidate. It combines the trusted collector, receipt-byte authentication, live GitHub identity binding, and activation catalog in one reviewed diff. test(e2e): define native runtime activation qualification #8062 and feat(runtime): add provider activation catalog #8063 are competing partial slices; prefer feat(runtime): add trusted native qualification gate #9223 and do not land either separately.
3. Restore independent mismatch coverage. The latest test combines baseSha and workflowSha into one fixture. That cannot prove either identity is independently enforced. CodeRabbit correctly requests separate target-branch base SHA and workflow-commit cases while preserving the candidate-commit case.
4. This branch is not based on current main. Its base remains 6aa38e852, while current main is 70d31731d. Any salvage would require reconstruction, not a merge of this source branch.
5. The documentation receipt cannot pass. The technical impact is no-docs-needed, but the receipt omits that feat(runtime): add provider activation catalog #8063 is source-only and not an accepted delivery. Use a blocked receipt until that scope is stated.
6. Merge gates are incomplete. DCO and verified-history evidence remains unchecked, broad validation and current CI are pending, Nemotron failed, and the existing Changes Requested reviews remain applicable.

I did not approve or merge this PR.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/runtime-provider/activation.test.ts`:
- Around line 376-395: Add separate parameterized test cases in the
qualification-authority mismatch test around
createRuntimeProviderActivationCatalog, covering baseSha and workflowSha
independently rather than only together. Preserve the existing candidate commit
case and assert each individual source mismatch throws “does not match the
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Dismissed as stale after substantive branch reconstruction. Commit 3655a91 is based on main, #9143 establishes the accepted B4-F scope, production selection remains unchanged, required checks pass, no review threads remain, and the documentation and security reviews are recorded.

[cv]

Approved at 3655a91. Required checks pass, no unresolved threads remain, the activation catalog is dormant, and #9143 establishes the accepted scope. The Nemotron advisor failed three external inference attempts; the independent GPT advisor passed, and the advisory exception is recorded in the PR description.